Hi
I appear to have an unhappy Navara and I'm not sure exactly what's wrong...
Up until recently she's been fine. She did a few months ago pick up a slight vibration around the 1700rpm mark which went with either a full tank of fuel or as you go through ~1850rpm but didn't think it much to worry about. The last week or two I have occasionally noticed a slightly worse vibration you can feel through all the pedals and the bulkhead, but it too isn't always there and seemed to come and go, more so when cold.
Today however I'm accelerating away from a roundabout when in third I felt a very slight lurch and then the pedal vibration that was there disappeared. No other problems on a couple of trips until I came to come home from our field. It suddenly took about 4 to 5 times longer turning over for her to start, and then when I tried to accelerate from a standstill she kept lurching all through the rev range through 1st and 2nd, but seemed fine after 3rd and after that initial draw off was generally ok drawing off at junctions etc.
When I got home I tried running her up and down the drive and she seemed ok in 1st/2nd.
Just tried starting her from cold and again it took the same longer turning over until she suddenly caught, with a lot of belt slipping noise (which I don't normally get) but it's dark and I can't see much. Once started she ticked over ok but still with a lot of belt noise.. but no warning lights or anything like that.
Any ideas? Is this just a belt (tension?) problem, or is my clutch on its way out? Never had one go on me so I don't know what the signs are.
I had the timing chain mod done by Billcar back at the last service (April), so could see about getting her to them again but this close to xmas it's probably not likely to happen...
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Darren
I appear to have an unhappy Navara and I'm not sure exactly what's wrong...
Up until recently she's been fine. She did a few months ago pick up a slight vibration around the 1700rpm mark which went with either a full tank of fuel or as you go through ~1850rpm but didn't think it much to worry about. The last week or two I have occasionally noticed a slightly worse vibration you can feel through all the pedals and the bulkhead, but it too isn't always there and seemed to come and go, more so when cold.
Today however I'm accelerating away from a roundabout when in third I felt a very slight lurch and then the pedal vibration that was there disappeared. No other problems on a couple of trips until I came to come home from our field. It suddenly took about 4 to 5 times longer turning over for her to start, and then when I tried to accelerate from a standstill she kept lurching all through the rev range through 1st and 2nd, but seemed fine after 3rd and after that initial draw off was generally ok drawing off at junctions etc.
When I got home I tried running her up and down the drive and she seemed ok in 1st/2nd.
Just tried starting her from cold and again it took the same longer turning over until she suddenly caught, with a lot of belt slipping noise (which I don't normally get) but it's dark and I can't see much. Once started she ticked over ok but still with a lot of belt noise.. but no warning lights or anything like that.
Any ideas? Is this just a belt (tension?) problem, or is my clutch on its way out? Never had one go on me so I don't know what the signs are.
I had the timing chain mod done by Billcar back at the last service (April), so could see about getting her to them again but this close to xmas it's probably not likely to happen...
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Darren